AARGAU

ärˈgou, Fr. Argovie, canton (1993 pop. 512,000), 542 sq mi (1,404 sq km), N Switzerland. Aarau is the capital. It is traversed by the Aare and Reuss rivers. Its fertile hills and valleys are used to raise fruit and cereal as well as for other agriculture and dairying. Electrical goods, textiles, cement, and precision instruments are principal manufactures. Baden and Rheinfelden are noted health resorts. Originally a Celtic settlement, the area was later occupied by the Romans and fell to the Franks in the 6th cent. The territory was taken (1415) by Bern from the house of Hapsburg and was governed by the Swiss cantons until 1798. In 1803, Aargau was admitted as a canton to the Swiss Confederation. Its population is mainly German-speaking and Protestant.

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books on: Aargau  - 184 results

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A Very Civil War: The Swiss Sonderbund War of 1847
Book by Joachim Remak; Westview, 1993
Subjects: Dufour, Guillaume-Henri--1787-1875--Military leadership, Fribourg (Switzerland : Canton)--History, Switzerland--Church history--19th century, Switzerland--History--Sonderbund, 1845-1847
...Middle Way Abandoned: The Closing of Aargaus Monasteries 20...Trying Legislative Action: Aargau Proposes the Expulsion of the Jesuits...from the Start": The Sonderbund Invades Aargau 96...
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A Short History of Switzerland
Book by E. Bonjour, H. S. Offler, G. R. Potter; Clarendon Press, 1952
Subjects: Switzerland--History
...factories is a French geographers phrase. Aargau the lower valley of the Aare and...of the Swiss lakes, the cornfields of Aargau and Thurgau, must not be allowed to...Burgundy, had pushed his power eastwards into Aargau, and even into Thurgau. Zurich was claimed...
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Regional Identity and Economic Change: The Upper Rhine, 1450-1600
Book by Tom Scott; Oxford University, 1997
Subjects: Alsace (France)--Economic Conditions, Breisgau (Germany)--Economic Conditions, Cities And Towns, Medieval--Rhine River, Guilds--France--Alsace, Guilds--Germany--Breisgau, Rhine River--Economic Conditions
...trade was carried on the river network of Limmat, Reuss, and u Aare, which joined the Rhine further upstream at Koblenz Aargau . South of Basel, the peak of the Blauen traditionally marked the southern limit of Alsace, while to the west the northern...
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History of Switzerland, 1499-1914
Book by Wilhelm Oechsli, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul; Cambridge University Press, 1922
Subjects: Switzerland--History
...large part of the present Canton of Aargau, with the towns of Zofingen, Aarau, Lenzburg...without Bern , over the Freiamter in Aargau, Thurgau and the County of Sargans; the...August and September, 1512, at Baden in Aargau were transformed into European congresses...
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Why Movements Succeed or Fail: Opportunity, Culture, and the Struggle for Woman Suffrage
Book by Lee Ann Banaszak; Princeton University Press, 1996
Subjects: Women--Suffrage--Switzerland--History, Women--Suffrage--United States--History
...population (1893 1920) 57 3.3 Membership in Iowa NAWSA per 1,000 population (1893 1920) 58 3.4 Membership in Aargau SVF per 1,000 population (1930 1980) 61 3.5 Membership in Zurich SVF per 1,000 population (1930 1980) 63...
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August Adolf Ludwig Follen (1794-1855): Political Radicalism and Literary Romanticism in Germany and Switzerland
Journal article by Edmund Spevack; Germanic Review, Vol. 71, 1996
Subjects: Germanic Philology
...rejected by the government of the canton of Aargau. August remained in Aarau until 1827...the town of Effingen, in the canton of Aargau. The professional and social stability...Swiss state, the Swiss authorities in the Aargau canton seemed unable in the long run...
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Silvio Blatter: Realism and Society in Modern Switzerland
Journal article by H. M. Waidson; World Literature Today, Vol. 64, 1990
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
...it firmly in his home area of Canton Aargau. This canton is probably less familiar...Like most people in this part of Canton Aargau, Anna was brought up as a Catholic; she...critical awareness of life in Canton Aargau in earlier times and a strong sense of...
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Smoothing the Transition to Skilled Employment: School-Based Vocational Guidance in Britain and Continental Europe
Journal article by Valerie Jarvis; National Institute Economic Review, 1994
Subjects: Germany--Employment, Netherlands--Employment, Switzerland--Employment, United Kingdom--Employment, Vocational guidance--Research
...Keller-Schottdorf and P. Meyer, Kantonale Berufs- und Studienberatung Aargau. The article has benefitted also from many helpful comments...Egloff, Berufswahlvorbereitung (Lehrmittelverlag des Kantons Aargau, 1984) or R.Schmid, Wegweiser zur Berufswahl (Zurich: Schweizerischen...
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Information-processing Deficits and Cognitive Dysfunction in Panic Disorder
Journal article by Stephan Ludewig, Mark A. Geyer, Marcel Ramseier, Franz X. Vollenweider; Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience : JPN, Vol. 30, 2005
...approved by the Ethics Committee of the Psychiatric Services of Aargau Canton, Switzerland. Startle response measurement Participants...from the Stiftung fur Forschung im Gesundheitswesen des Kantons Aargau given to S.L. Competing interests: None declared for Drs. Ludewig...
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Literaturzensur in Der Schweiz Seit 1945 Zweiter Teil: Die Autoren Haben Das Wort
Journal article by Tamara S. Evans; Germanic Review, Vol. 65, 1990
Subjects: Germanic Philology
...fehlte diese Szene.Fur eine Zeitung sollte ich eine Selbstdarstellung liefern. Die konservative grosste Zeitung im Kanton Aargau ("Kernkraftkanton") schnitt die Erwahnung des hochst umstrittenen Kernkraftwerks Kaiseraugst weg (vgl. mein Gedicht "Prinzessin...
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The 1848 Unification of Switzerland
Magazine article by David Birmingham; History Today, Vol. 45, September 1995
Subjects: Political culture--Switzerland, Swiss--History, Switzerland--History
...Catholic supporters. A crisis broke out in the plateau state of Aargau where a liberal government, accusing the monks of fomenting...the Austrian empire whose ruling Habsburg dynasty hailed from Aargau and had founded one of the threatened convents. The pope reminded...
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Further Adventures in Cyberspace
Magazine article by Catherine Slessor; The Architectural Review, Vol. 209, January 2001
Subjects: Architects--Appreciation, Architectural design--Competitions, Computer software industry--Competitions, Graphisoft--Competitions
...Patrick Schmid and Guido Zimmermann -- from the Fachhochschule Aargau in Switzerland for their rendition of The Ministry of Truth...Holzen and Christof Blickenstorfer (also from the Fachhochschule Aargau) submitted a floating, dreamlike rendition of The Walled City...
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Multi-Lingual Switzerland
Magazine article by Norman Berdichevsky; World and I, Vol. 23, February 2008
Subjects: Multilingualism--Military aspects, Multilingualism--Political aspects, Multilingualism--Social aspects, Swiss foreign relations, Switzerland--Social aspects
...the bloody inter-religious wars that followed the Reformation. The subsequently annexed French speaking areas in the Vaud and Aargau and in the Italian Ticino were originally "rotated" among the German speaking cantons as "joint dominions" but eventually turned...
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A Cup of Chiapas Culture: In Addition to Its Colorful History and an Abundance of Natural Resources, This Region of Mexico Also Produces a Wide Variety of Eco-Friendly Coffee
Magazine article by Adriana Bianco; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 60, November 2008
Subjects: Chiapas, Mexico--Description and travel, Chiapas, Mexico--Etymology, Chiapas, Mexico--Natural resources, Mayas--History, Volcanoes--Structure
...an expert in coffee and ecology. Giesemann tells us that the farm was founded in 1880 by a couple from the Swiss canton of Aargau, from which the name Argovia derives. In the late nineteenth century, the farm was acquired by Adolf Giesemann, a gamekeeper...
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Schoenberg's Alpine Wanderer: Erich Schmid at 100
Magazine article by Chris Walton; Musical Times, Vol. 147, Winter 2006
Subjects: Composition, Music, Musical recordings, Musicians & conductors, Opera
...Radio Orchestra, a post that Scherchen had held just a decade earlier (although named after a small Catholic town in Canton Aargau, the orchestra was actually based at the Zurich Radio Studio). Schmid remembered well his experiences at the Frankfurt Radio...
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[Pounds Sterling]100m Secret of Woman They Call 'Stalin's Granny'; the Worlds of Art and Hard Left Politics Were Equally Stunned When the Communist Party of Britain Chair Anita Halpin Sold a Painting Looted by the Nazis for [Pounds Sterling]20million. but Even Bigger Surprises May Be in Store
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 19, 2006
Subjects: Political parties--United Kingdom
...Nationalgalarie - until a photograph was found showing the painting in the private home of an art collector in 1931. The Art Museum of Aargau, Switzerland, rejected her claim for August Mackes Woman Reading In A Garden as without foundation. In 2004, the Hanover museum...


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encyclopedia articles on: Aargau  - 12 results

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Aargau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AARGAU ar gou, Fr. Argovie, canton (1993 pop. 512,000), 542 sq mi (1,404 sq km), N Switzerland. Aarau is the capital. It...territory was taken (1415) by Bern from the house of Hapsburg and was governed by the Swiss cantons until 1798. In 1803, Aargau was admitted as a canton to the Swiss Confederation. Its population is mainly German-speaking and Protestant...
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Aarau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AARAU a rou, town (1993 pop. 15,900), capital of Aargau canton, N Switzerland, at the foot of the Jura Mts. and on the Aare River. Manufactures include bells, mathematical instruments...
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Windisch
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WINDISCH vin dish, town, Aargau canton, N Switzerland, on the Reuss River near its confluence with the Aare. Textiles and cables are made there. Originally a Helvetian...
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Rheinfelden
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RHEINFELDEN rin feld n, town, Aargau canton, N Switzerland, on the Rhine River, opposite the German town of the same name. Although it has one of the largest hydroelectric...
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Habsburg , Castle, Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HABSBURG , castle, Switzerland haps boorkh, castle, Aargau canton, N Switzerland, near the Aare River. Built c.1030, it served during the 12th and 13th cent. as the seat of the counts of...
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